Tara telefilms selected for Kolkata International Film Festival

MUMBAI: Bangla television network Tara has said that two of its telefilms have been selected for screening at the upcoming Kolkata International Film Festival. A total of four Bangla telefilms will be screened in the festival.

The telefilms Roopkathar Jibon and Maadur will be screened in the 11th Kolkata Film Festival is being held from 10 November to 17 November, 2005 at Nandan. The festival, open to the public and delegates from India and abroad, will be covered live on the channel.

According to an official release, these two telefilms were chosen by viewer’s choice from the telefilms screened at the Kolkata Bangla Telefilm Festival in Nandan. Broadcasters placed their telefilms before an eminent jury for selection of the best telefilms for exhibition during the Bangla Telefilm Festival earlier this year. Seven telefilms commissioned by Tara had been selected by the jury this year at the festival. Of these seven, two have made it to the final list, the release adds.